Galley for address plates and the like



April 8 1924.

J. E. JOHNSON GALLEY FOR ADDRESS PLATES AND '.'lHE LIKE Filed May 24 1920 Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

UNiTED. STAT-Es PATENTQoFFIcE.

JOHN E. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPEED'AUMATIC COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

GALLEY FOR ADDRESS PLATES AND THE LIKE.

Application led May 24, 1920. Serial No. 383,654.

To all 'whom t may concern Y Be it known that I, JOHN E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and 'State of,

Illinois, have 'invented new and useful Improveniente Ain Galleys for Address Plates and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and eXact description, reference beingy had to the accompanying drawing, tion.

My invention relates to galleys for address plates and the like, and more particularly to a galley designed for use, especially in connection with the address plates used in automatic wrapping and. addressing machines, such -as are used in the mailing and addressing of newspapers, magazines and the like.

Address plate galleys of the character mentioned, when not in use, are stored in a cabinet provided for the purposel and it has been found that considerable time is lost in determining just whatv plates vany particular galley contains, it being necessary, at the present time, to withdrawl a galley and inspect the plates contained therein in'order to obtain this information. Y

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a galleyV in' which means will be provided for readily indicating -the, character of the plates contained inthe galley without the necessity of removal of the galley from the cabinet Yin which the same is arranged.

A further object is the production of a galley of the character mentioned in which a movable stop willbe provided 4to facilitate withdrawal of the address plates from the galley during use ofthe same in connection with' a wrapping and addressingl machine,

and in which said stop will afford the ldesired indication or designation ofthe' ad-' dress plates arranged in the galley.

A still further object is-.the production of a galley characterized as above. mentioned which will be ofl durable and economical construction and el-licient-infuse.l

Other objects will appearhereinafter.

lVith these objects in view, the invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by forming a part of this specifica- Y reference to the accompanying drawings in F ig. l isa fragmental front elevation of a cabinet for address plate galleys, the front door of the cabinet being brokenk away to expose several of the the cabinet; Y

F ig. 2 is a top plan View of the front end of one of the galleys;

F ig. 3 is a front elevation of one of the galleys; and

l is a vertical longitudinal` section taken on line lt ofFig. 2. l Y

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a galley which is formed-'of an elongated channelformed body 5, lpreferably constructed of sheet metal. Said prises a bottom 6 and sides 7, the upper edges' of said sides being formed with inwardly projecting portions or flanges which are adapted to engage' with' notches B in the address plates Al which are used' in connection with the galley,-wherebysaid address plates are locked against accidental detachment from the galley. Y

Provided -at one end of the galley body 5; is an angul'arly formed stop 8, -one end of which is hingedly secured to the bottom 6 of the'galley by means of a hinge pin :9. Said hinged-end of saidy stop is wrapped around said pin 9, and theends of they lat-- ter are engaged, with depressed portions l0 formedinthe bottom 6 through slittingy thereof as-clearly seen -in `Figa-2. The free., end of stop 8 is arrangedto register with said endl forming the stop proper, against' which the the end of the galley channel, the

address plates are adapted to rest ,andV be supported, a's'will be readily understood. Said stop is normally held in operative pos sition-,thatY is, ,with the free end thereoffin registration K with the galley channel by means of a torsional spring llarranged-upon the pin 9 andY` having its respective' ends pressing against Vthe galley bottom 6V and the memb er 8, a'sclearly seen in Figs.. 2 and 4. With this arrangement it will'fbe seen that the spring l1 will yieldingly hold with the galleys contained in.

galley body 5 comstopfin yitsfopera'tiv'e position, movement of the influence of the spring.

Vthe stop from such position being against .l

' which, the same is arranged lug l2 which forms a handle to facilitate withdrawal of the galley from the galley cabinetV in connection with which the saine is used. r'lie handle l2 projects forwardly and is curved, as seen, for ready engagement with the finger, the outer end of said handle terminating in a plane above that of the bottom of the galley so that when the galley is placed upon a fiat surface such as a table top, said handle will not prevent the galley lying flat.

Formed in the outer stop-forming portion of the stop member 8 is an opening 13 through which the address C upon the adjacent address plate arranged in the galley may be viewed in order to advise the user as to what plates are contained in the galley without the necessity of withdrawing the galley and inspecting the plates, as will be readily understood. By this slotting of the stop, the endmost address plate will serve also as a designation or indication card.

The outer portion of the stop 8 is also formed at its lateral edges with flanges 14 to permit of the employment, if desired, of asepar'ate designation card D, as clearly seen in the upper portion of Fig. l, the card, when so employed, being limited in its downward movement by the handle 12, a flange l5 at the upper side of the stop serving as `a lock to hold the designation card in place. In order to remove the designation card,it is first required to iex or buckle the central portion thereof outwardly or forwardly Ain order to clear the stop l5, as will be readily understood.

With the construction set forth, then, it will be seen that a galley is provided in in a galley cab-inet E, the same will be properly tagged or marked to advise as to the contents of the galley without the necessity of removing the galley to examine the plates to ascertain this fact. At the same time, a galley is provided in which the stop is movably mounted so that when the 'galley is arranged in operative rela-tion 'with a wrapping and addressing machine, the stop may Y' be moved to inoperative'position, that is,.out

the address plate chanas torpermit of release for entry into the maof registration with nel of the galley so of the address plates chine. Y -Y lNhile have illustrated and described'the preferred form of my invention intoeffect, this is capable of variationand modification without departing from n, thespirit of the invention.

therefore do not wishto belimited'to Ythe precise, details of construction set forth, but desire tol avail ymyself of such variations 'and modifications as come vwithin thef'scope 'of the 'appended claims.

construction for carrying' Having thus'described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A galley for address. plates and the like comprising an elongated body having `a channel for stop movably secured to said body at one end thereof and arranged to be moved into and out of registration with said channel; means associated with said stop for displaying mattei' descriptive of the plates arranged in said body, and spring means for normally retaining said stop in registration with' said channel.

2. A galley for address plates and the like comprising .an elongated body angularly .formed sheet metal stop hingedly secured to the underside of said body adjacent one end thereof, said stop comprising al horizontal portion bearing on the under 'sifdeof'said body and a vertical portion for registration with the end of said channel; struck up means. associated withsaid vertical -portion for displaying matter descriptive of the plates arranged` in said body and a handle struck out'from lsaid horizontal portion and projecting the lower edge of said stop, the outer end of said handle terminating in a horizontal plane above the plane of the bottom of said body.

3,3. A galley for address plates and the like/comprising an elongated body having a channel for the reception of the plates, an` angularly formed sheet metal stop hingedly secured to the under side of said body adjacent onefend thereof, said stop comprising a under side of said body and 'a vertical portionfor'fregistration 'with the end of said channel; struck up fianges associated withsaid vertical portion for receiving matter and the like comprising an elongated body having` a vchannel for'the reception of the plates, an angularly formed stop member at o'neend of 'said body,- said stop comprising a normally'horizontal portion bearing on the under' side of said body cal portion' for-registration with the end of saidchannel, and afspringV hinge on the under side of saidbody forsecuring and for normally retaining said stop member in registration withfsaid channel.

In witness whereof I have scribed my naine.

yhereunto Y'sub- JoHN E. Jonivson.- Y

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